Luggage retainer



L. M. BOYLE.

LUGGAGE RETAINER.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 18. I920.

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L. M. OYLE.

LUGGAGE RETAINER.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 18. I920.

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entries srrarss realist LOUIS M. BOYLE, OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

LUGGAGE RETAINER.

Application filed August 18, 1920. Serial No. 404,325.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, LoUIsM. BOYLE, a citizen of the United States residing at Los Angeles, county of Los Angeles and State of California, have invented a new and useful Luggage Retainer, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to luggage retainers which are adapted to fasten upon the running boards of automobiles to form a space in which suitcases or other luggage may be carried the retainer serving to hold this luggage in place v An object of the invention is to provide a luggage retainer which may be folded into a compact space when not in use and which may be adapted to different lengths of luggage.

A further object of the invention is to provide a luggage retainer having a gate at either end so as to entirely enclose the lug gage.

A still further object of my invention is to provide gates which may be raised to accommodate pieces of luggage which are longer than the retainer.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a luggage retainer having three or more vertical members or stakes forming two panels and which are so arranged that either panel may becollapsed at will for the purpose of adjusting the length of the retainer. v

A still further object is to provide a novel securing means.

Further objects and advantages will be made evident hereinafter. I

Referringto the drawings which are for illustrative purposes only I Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the luggage retainer fully extended as appears when in place on an automobile.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the means used to secure the retainer to the running board. y i

Fig. 3 is a perspective view on an enlarged scale of a toggle lock.

Fig. 4t is a section through same.

Fig. is a front elevation of retainer with both panels fully extended.

Fig. 6 is a front view of the retainer with both panels partially collapsed.

Fig. 7 is a front view of the retainer with both panels fully collapsed.

Fig. 8 is a front view of the retainer with one panel collapsed and the other panel fully extended.

Fig. 9 is an end view showing the gate. Inthe form of the invention illustrated three stakes 11, 12 and 13 are employed,

these stakes being preferably formed of channel iron which is welded at its lower end to a channel 15. A portion of the web of the upright channel iron is cut out as shown in Fig. 2 and bent back and welded as shown in that figure to form a brace as shown at 16, thus giving a very rigid construction. Studs .17 having bent ends 18 and each provided with a washer 19 are threaded in the channels 15 thus forming clamping members which may be forced up under the running board 20 as shown in Fig. 9. Secured to the end channels 11 and 13 are ears 21 to which gate bars 22 are pivoted on pins 23. In the structure shown three gate bars 22 are used, these barsbeing substantially parallel at all times and each of them being pivoted at 24 to a gate rod 25 which is turned upas shown at 26 to form a foot which rests upon the running board as shown in Fig. 9 when the gate is down. The gate formed by the members 22 and 25 may be thrown up as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 9v or it may be thrown down as shown in perspective in Fig. '1.

The gate is substantially as long as the running board 20 is wide so that it extends in close to the side of the automobile 27 as shown in Fig. 9.

Formed on each of the members 11 and 13 are ears 30 to which bars 31 are pivoted on rivets 32. The other end of the bars 31 are pivoted on rivets 33 carried on uprights 34. Side bars 35 .are also pivoted on the rivets 33 at one end and on rivets 36 carried on the central stake 12 at the other end.

In practice the members 31 and 35 are arranged in two panels extending entirely across the front of there't'ainer but three or more may be used. The uprights 34 are free to move vertically into the position shown in Figs. 6, 7 and 3 which may be accomplished by releasing the studs 17 and moving one or more of the stakes 11, 12 or 13. In practice the luggage retainer is made substantially as long as the running board will allow. It is often desired to carry suit cases or other short pieces of luggage which are very materially shorter than the running board in which case the stakes 11, 12 or l3 may be moved together as shown in *Figs. 6, 7, or 8. In Fig. 6 both of the panels formed by the bars 31 and 35 are shown shortened whereas in Fig. 8 one of these panels is practically collapsed while the other remains fully extended. it is desired to store or ship theretainer, it may be collapsed into the position shown in Fig. 7, the gates at either end being thrown up into the position shownin dotted lines in Fig. 9. For the purpose of preventing the lower. end of the member 34 from dropping below the running board, I

provide a locking joint in the lower members 31 and 35.- This locking joint is shown in Fig. 3 in which the end oi the member 31 is shown carried beyond the rivet 33 and bent over to form an car as shown in Fig. 4, this car projecting into a space 41 cut in a bar 35. Using this type of joint it is possible to force the bar 34 down until the members 31 and 35 are substantially parallel but it is impossible to force them below this position. It is, however, possible to raise, the uprights 3 L into the position shown in Figs. 6, 7 and 8, it' desired.

It will be noted that by the construction shown, provide a luggage retainer which may be adjusted to suit various types of luggage. If, for example, it is desired to carry-suitcases, it may be shortened up as shown in Fig. 6, or it may be fully extended as shown in Fig. 5 to take pieces of luggage somewhat, shorter than the running board. In some cases it is desired to carry articles which are longer than the running board, suchv for example, as tents, rugs. etc. In such cases the gates formed by the members 22 and 25 may be pulled up into the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 9 and- .the luggage may project at either end beyond the retainer.

It will be further noted that by the .construction shown in Fig. 2 that I provide an economical but very rigid formof clamp.

I claim as my invention:

1. In a luggage retainer the combination of two stakes; means for detachably securing each of said stakes to the running board of an automobile; an upright member situated between said stakes and free to move vertically with relation to said running board; a set of parallel bars pivoted at one end to onset saidstakes and pivoted at the other end to said upright member; a second set of parallel bars pivoted at one end to the other of said stakes and pivoted at the other end to said upright member; an extension on one of said first named series of parallel bars; and a projection on said extension engaging one of said'second set of parallel bars. v

'2. In a luggage retainer the combination of a stake; means for securing said stake to the running board of an automobile;

lVh en a gate rod parallel to said stake; and members pivoted on said stake and parallel to eachother extending across said running board connecting said stake to said gate rod.

3. In a luggage retainer the combination of a stake; means for securing said stake to the running board oi an automobile; a gate rod parallel to said stake; a foot formed on the bottom of said gate rod; and members pivoted on saidstake and parallel to each other extending across said running board connecting said stake to said gate rod.

4. In a luggage retainer the combination of three stakes; means for detachably securing said stakes to the running board of an automobile; and collapsible retaining structure between the central stake and each outer stake, said structure being so formed that either outer stake may be moved up to the central stake Without moving the other outer stake.

In a luggage retainer the combination of three stakes; means for detachably' securing said stakes to the running board of an automobile; a collapsible retaining structure between an outer post and the central post; and collapsible retaining structure between the other outer post and the central post, each of said collapsible retaining structures beingcollapsible independently of the other. I v

6. In a luggage retainer -for use on the running board of an automobile the combination of: members rigidly secured to said running board and forming a retaining wall above and substantially parallel to the edge of said running board; and a gate secured to one end of said retaining wall, said" gate extending across said running board but being so constructed thatit may be swung into substantially the same plane as said wall thus allowing members carried behind said wall to project beyond the end of said Wall.

,7. In a luggage retainer. for use onthe running board of an automobile the. combination of: members rigidly secured to said running board and forminga retaining wall above and substantially parallel to the, edge of said running board; a gate rod substantially parallel to said retaining wall but situated on the inner side of said running board; and members pivoted at one end to a member forming a portion of said wall and at their other end to said gate rod.

8. In a luggage retainer for use on the running board of an automobile, the combination of: three stakes; means on the lower end of each stake for securing it to the running board and members formingtwo panels between said stakes, said panels being so constructed that one outer stake can be moved towards or away from the center stake without it being necessary to move the outer stake.

stake, the members in said panels each be ing collapsible Without affecting the other 10 panel.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand at Los Angeles, California, this 12th day of August 1920.

LOUIS M. BOYLE. 

